Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12056 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

couragiouslycourageously

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 832 times in 494 works
Consistency: 96.1% (832 of 865)
Reach if approved: ~909 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: courageously
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 865 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (832 changes in 494 works, 96.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 832)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… would not be a Retainer to Chriſt? A houſehold ſervant to Chriſt? goe on couragiouſlycourageously. The world hath three motives to draw things. Honour, Profit, Pleaſure; Now all theſe …
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… would not be a Retainer to Chriſt? A houſehold ſervant to Chriſt? goe on couragiouſlycourageously. The world hath three motives to draw things. Honour, Profit, Pleaſure; Now all theſe …
Thomas Hooker · The Christians Two Chief Lessons · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… none determine to turne from the wayes of the Lord, but goe on, fight couragiouſlycourageously againſt Gog & Magog. I know there be many here who have ſet many dayes …
With rule
… none determine to turne from the wayes of the Lord, but goe on, fight couragiouſlycourageously againſt Gog & Magog. I know there be many here who have ſet many dayes …
John Bastwick · Relation of Passages and Speeches in the Star Chamber · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… amonge the other warriours wyth a iustye and valeaunt chere, fyghtyng wyth his aduersaries couragiouslycourageously. But in as much as it was not only knowē to y^t Athenians, but …
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… amonge the other warriours wyth a iustye and valeaunt chere, fyghtyng wyth his aduersaries couragiouslycourageously. But in as much as it was not only knowē to y^t Athenians, but …
Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader
Printed
… fight, yet, because Christ speedilie sendeth ayde from heauen vnto them, they rise vp couragiouslycourageously, and begin againe the fight, against sinne and the Diuel, and al other the …
With rule
… fight, yet, because Christ speedilie sendeth ayde from heauen vnto them, they rise vp couragiouslycourageously, and begin againe the fight, against sinne and the Diuel, and al other the …
William Perkins · How a Man May Know Whether he be a Son of God · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… infinite power which the Lord Ieſus hath vpon the earth, to ſtriue and fight couragiouſlycourageously and boldly againſt the aſſaults of Sathan, againſt the allurements of ſinne, againſt the …
With rule
… infinite power which the Lord Ieſus hath vpon the earth, to ſtriue and fight couragiouſlycourageously and boldly againſt the aſſaults of Sathan, againſt the allurements of ſinne, againſt the …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 538 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this combate: Christ went before thee, goes with thee. How canst thou not march couragiouslycourageously, cum Dux sit socius; when thy Captaine is thy companion! He hath taught vs …
With rule
… this combate: Christ went before thee, goes with thee. How canst thou not march couragiouslycourageously, cum Dux sit socius; when thy Captaine is thy companion! He hath taught vs …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… unto Glory; therefore, as the valiant Captaine of their ſalvation, did Hee willingly and couragiouſlycourageously offer Himſelfe to the hands of them that ſought His life, having firſt commanded …
With rule
… unto Glory; therefore, as the valiant Captaine of their ſalvation, did Hee willingly and couragiouſlycourageously offer Himſelfe to the hands of them that ſought His life, having firſt commanded …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not his miseries sensibly, is not a man: and he that beares them not couragiouslycourageously, is not a Christian.
With rule
… not his miseries sensibly, is not a man: and he that beares them not couragiouslycourageously, is not a Christian.
Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 15 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (33)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 20 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Form of Wholesome Words A13014

Printed
2 Authority, CouragiouſlyCourageously.
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2 Authority, CouragiouſlyCourageously.
John Stoughton · A Form of Wholesome Words · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
CouragiouſlyCourageously bold, he thus began:
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CouragiouſlyCourageously bold, he thus began:
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 173 · Open in the reader

A Caveat for Magistrates A28303

Printed
3 CouragiouſlyCourageously too. Judges, they muſt be men of courage; not weake and timorous and puſillanimous …
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3 CouragiouſlyCourageously too. Judges, they muſt be men of courage; not weake and timorous and puſillanimous …
Elidad Blackwell · A Caveat for Magistrates · p. 13 · Open in the reader

The Apostolical History A34868

Printed
… truth, or with the truth, that is, rejoiceth at the righteouſneſs of the righteous. 12. CouragiouſlyCourageously bears labours and difficulties in diſcharging its duty, or covers and conceals all the …
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… truth, or with the truth, that is, rejoiceth at the righteouſneſs of the righteous. 12. CouragiouſlyCourageously bears labours and difficulties in diſcharging its duty, or covers and conceals all the …
Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 176 · Open in the reader

A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 A45335

Printed
2. CouragiouslyCourageously.
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2. CouragiouslyCourageously.
Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 367 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. CouragiouslyCourageously, magnanimity becomes Souldiers. We are Captains, and if we be faint-hearted or despondent …
With rule
2. CouragiouslyCourageously, magnanimity becomes Souldiers. We are Captains, and if we be faint-hearted or despondent …
Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 367 · Open in the reader

Of Christian Prudence A47306

Printed
And accordingly the best Persons, have not Cowardly slunk away, but CouragiouslyCourageously stuck to God and their Duty, when they had the least Company, and were …
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And accordingly the best Persons, have not Cowardly slunk away, but CouragiouslyCourageously stuck to God and their Duty, when they had the least Company, and were …
John Kettlewell · Of Christian Prudence · p. 63 · Open in the reader

The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France A56905

Printed
… prevailing, they at laſt Condemn'd them to the Gallies. Unto which they went moſt CouragiouſlyCourageously, Rejoycing at their great Afflictions for the Goſpel.
With rule
… prevailing, they at laſt Condemn'd them to the Gallies. Unto which they went moſt CouragiouſlyCourageously, Rejoycing at their great Afflictions for the Goſpel.
John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. cxxxii · Open in the reader

A New Martyrology A63966

Printed
AT Sherborn, in the same County, were Executed Twelve, who all died CouragiouslyCourageously, especially one Mr. Glisson of Yeovel, in the County of Somerset, his extraordinary deportment …
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AT Sherborn, in the same County, were Executed Twelve, who all died CouragiouslyCourageously, especially one Mr. Glisson of Yeovel, in the County of Somerset, his extraordinary deportment …
John Tutchin · A New Martyrology · p. 456 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
CouragiouslyCourageously]
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CouragiouslyCourageously]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
Such deal well, who deal kindly and truly, Gen. 24 29. Gently, 2 Sam. 18. 5. CouragiouslyCourageously, 2 Chr. 19. 11. Bountifully, Psal. 119. 17. Prudently, Isa. 52. 13. Graciously, Gen. 33. 11. Faithfully, 2 King. 12. 15. Wisely, 2 Chr. 11. 23. Such ill, who …
With rule
Such deal well, who deal kindly and truly, Gen. 24 29. Gently, 2 Sam. 18. 5. CouragiouslyCourageously, 2 Chr. 19. 11. Bountifully, Psal. 119. 17. Prudently, Isa. 52. 13. Graciously, Gen. 33. 11. Faithfully, 2 King. 12. 15. Wisely, 2 Chr. 11. 23. Such ill, who …
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 144 · Open in the reader

The Militant Christian B20767

Printed
3. CouragiouslyCourageously.
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3. CouragiouslyCourageously.
Stephen Coven · The Militant Christian · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thirdly, Christs Soldiers must endure the hardness of his service CouragiouslyCourageously and chearfully. Soldiers should bear up under their hardest duty, with Valiant minds, with …
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Thirdly, Christs Soldiers must endure the hardness of his service CouragiouslyCourageously and chearfully. Soldiers should bear up under their hardest duty, with Valiant minds, with …
Stephen Coven · The Militant Christian · p. 97 · Open in the reader